The aircraft conveying the returnees touched down at the airport 1:10 a.m. on Tuesday morning. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and other appropriate agencies received 136 more stranded Nigerians from Libya at 1.10am this Tuesday morning.
The returnees comprising 86 males, 50 females, and eight children were transported by Medview Air, one of the airlines engaged by the Federal Government to evacuate the stranded Nigerians back home from the North African country.
NEMA Chief administrative officer, Mr Eric Ebhodaghe, one of the officers who received the returnees called on state government to expedite action in transporting their indigenes home from the reception centre for adequate rehabilitation and integration in their various communities.
465 Nigerians were on Friday, February 2 evacuated from Libya by the Federal Government. The returnees arrived at the Port Harcourt International Airport at about 12:25 a.m. on board Max Air.
Culled from: Channels News
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